Return of the Lakewood Police bike patrol

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018 BY CITY OF LAKEWOOD, The Suburban Times Lakewood WA -- If you’ve attended the summer concert series or were out during National Night Out last month, you might have seen some of the Lakewood Police...

Spirit Lake Police use pedal power for patrols

By: Brian Neale , KXLY, September 6, 2018 Photo Courtesy: Fresh Air E-Bikes  SPIRIT LAKE, Idaho - The Spirit Lake Police Department found a new way to patrol the town during crowded summer events. The department teamed up with...

Vancouver Police Department resurrects bicycle officer unit

Vancouver police Officer Ed Letarte patrols Sixth Street in downtown Vancouver in July 2002. The police department is re-implementing the bike officer unit for the first time in nearly a decade. (Columbian files) By Jerzy Shedlock, Columbian Breaking News Reporter ...

Asheville launches Community EMT Pilot Program downtown

Mountain Xpress, Posted on August 29, 2018 — Community Bulletin Press release from the City of Asheville: In response to feedback from downtown stakeholders about the need for increased resources to maintain a welcoming, safe downtown experience, the City...

Bike Mounted Usher: A New Use for Bike Patrol

by Clint Sandusky, former PCI #849/EMSCI #159 Riverside (CA) Community College District Police Department (Retired) We all know the benefits and using bicycles for public safety service delivery in a variety of environments.  Police, EMS and security personnel have used...

Can Nicotine Cure Your Winter Riding Blues?

by Allen Daniels, SCI #032 Bowdoin College (ME) Department of Public Safety Are you suffering from seasonal depression?  Do you get a warm, fuzzy feeling when you imagine riding your bike?  Are you “jonesing” to ride, but...

Bontrager Old Man Winter Riding Boots:  Cold Got You Down?

by Allen Daniels, SCI #032 Bowdoin College (ME) Department of Public Safety he Bontrager Old Man Winter (OMW) riding boot has a removable inner bootie made of nylon and fleece, stuffed with 200g of 3M Thinsulate® insulation, with a quick-pull...

Warnings Unheeded: Twin Tragedies at Fairchild Air Force Base

by Joshua Sinai Kiernan Group Holdings Andy Brown, Warnings Unheeded: Twin Tragedies at Fairchild Air Force Base (Spokane, WA: WU Press, 2016), 378 pages, $19.99 [Paperback], ISBN: 978-0-9978-6340-6. he author of this important book, who at the time of...

Interbike 2017: A Dream Come True

by Jared Williams, PCI # 1214 Tacoma (WA) Police Department Interbike.  This event has conjured up dreams for me for well over a decade.  It is touted as the largest annual gathering of the Bicycle Industry in North America.  ...

Just Another Tool in the Toolbox

By Maureen Becker, Executive Director Some may say it is a cliché, but all indications point to the e-Bike as exactly that.  It is not a substitute for a strictly pedal-powered bicycle any more than a bicycle is...